How To Make Beard Butter - 8 Easy Steps & Simple Organic Ingredients

Every man is unique in their own way, and the type of one’s beard is one of the many manifestations of this uniqueness. As a result, every man is advised to try out the different beard care products if they want the most consistent beard care routine that brings out the best results. Some men use a single product in their beard care routine, while others combine multiple effects. The vast majority of men prefer to mix different beard care products to increase the quality and visual appeal of their facial hair. 

Most often than not, the beard care routine of these men involves two steps. It starts with applying some beard oil, which serves the purpose of softening and moisturizing facial hair. The second step includes using either beard butter or beard palm, giving beard hair a stronger hold and stylish look. The debate about the more effective product between beard balm and beard butter is relative because people have different beard care requirements. 

However, for the men who seek a product that makes it significantly easier to shape their beards, beard butter is the optimal solution. 

What Exactly is Beard Butter?

Beard butter is a product made up of butter, essential, and carrier oils. The ingredients of this product make beard management easy for men. Beard butter helps to improve the quality of hair because it is made of naturally beneficial ingredients. 

There are multiple benefits that one stands to gain from using beard butter. For starters, Beard butter acts as a conditioner that softens and moisturizes facial hair. Beard butter keeps beard hair moisturized and hydrated, which helps to reduce itchiness. It also helps soothe skin irritations that often emerge beneath the beard, causing extreme discomfort. Beard butter can be used as a daily product and can be used for both long and short beards. 

The many benefits associated with beard butter come from the ingredients used in its making.

Essential Beard Butter Ingredients

There are different types of beard butter in the market - the variations of beard butter result from the recipes used for preparation. The most significant advantage of beard butter is that most of its ingredients are readily available in retail stores. Therefore, you can easily make your very own beard butter recipe, by altering the ingredients, based on your preferences. Some key ingredients include:

• Cocoa Seed Butter

Cocoa seed butter is extracted from cocoa beans. Cocoa beans are also used in the manufacturing process of cocoa beverages and chocolate. Cocoa seed butter is also used to make beard butter. It is also an essential ingredient of numerous beauty products—approximately 70% of all the cocoa beans in the world hail from western Africa. Cocoa beans are cultivated in Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Nigeria. 

Cocoa butter melts when applied to the skin surface, and it has long-term positive effects on a person's skin. For instance, it smoothens wrinkles and removes marks and scars on the skin. Cocoa butter will help promote a smooth jawline free from the scar marks that tend to emerge as the beard grows.  

• Sunflower Oil

Sunflower oil plays a significant role in skin rejuvenation and beard maintenance. Sunflower oil mainly originates from Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, and Turkey. It is particularly endowed with a high concentration of vitamin A, B, C, E, Omega, and fatty acids. These components help to produce smooth and fair skin. This oil is recommended for people sensitive to sunlight exposure because it acts as a sunlight protector. Sunflower oil gives the beard a soft touch while moisturizing it.

• Rice Bran Oil

Rice bran oil is extracted from rice husks. India is the largest producer of Rice bran oil, followed by Japan and China. Omega 6 and Omega 9 are rice bran oil components that help keep skin and hair soft and smooth.

Rice bran oil contains three essential components known as tocopherols, y-oryzanol, and tocotrienols. These are antioxidants and promote facial hair's swift and healthy growth. Rice bran oil is recommended for people who want to boost their beard growth rate. It not only enhances the fast growth, but it also strengthens hair from the roots to the tip. In addition, the fatty acids present in this product help avert premature graying of the beard.  

• Jojoba Seed Oil 

Indigenous communities have been using Jojoba seed oil as medicine for centuries. It is a plant that grows in the Southwestern parts of Mexico and the United States. It is also cultivated in Asia, mainly in China and India. Jojoba seeds are usually picked from the ground. They are heated to create a buttery oil paste. Jojoba seed oil is similar to the structural composition of natural sebum oil, which makes it an excellent oil to apply on the beard and the jawline.

Jojoba seed oil helps to spread natural sebum oil all over hair follicles. It enhances the healthy growth of the beard and keeps it moisturized for up to 24 hours. The jojoba seed oil has anti-inflammatory properties that revamp skin inflammation. The unique properties of this oil alleviate beard acne. Hair follicles affected by inflammation are the leading cause of weak and thin hair; hence this oil helps fight off this medical anomaly. 

• Beeswax 

Beeswax serves as a good component of beard butter because it helps to keep facial hair straight and moisturized. Beeswax keeps the beard intact by making it is easy to style. India is the world’s largest exporter of this product. 

• Rosemary Leaf Extract

Rosemary leaf extract promotes the healthy growth of the beard by sustaining healthy hair follicles. It is a great product to condition the skin under one’s beard and alleviate any possible chances of beard acne. Rosemary Leaf Extract improves blood circulation around hair follicles. Higher blood circulation helps increase hair growth and avoid the emergence of premature gray facial hair. China is the largest exporter of Rosemary leaf and its extracts. 

• Green Tea Extract 

Green tea extract has a component known as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCE), which fastens hair growth rate and inhibits hormones that cause hair loss. China is the largest exporter of green tea extract. 

• Marigold Flowers

Marigold flowers are an excellent product that promotes skin and hair rejuvenation. It helps alleviate beard dandruff, a common problem among many men. These flowers also moisturize hair, giving it a shiny allure. Marigold flowers are commonly cultivated in Peru, India, and China.

• Avocado Oil

Avocado oil is not commonly used for hair and beard maintenance. However, this oil has essential properties that deem it a viable ingredient for beard butter. If you do not have easy access to the other oils mentioned above, avocado oil can serve as an excellent substitute.

Some of its essential properties include vitamin A, D, and E. These are vitamins associated with the healthy development of the skin. Therefore, avocado oil helps avert any skin blemishes caused by a beard. Mexico exports more than 50% of the worldwide supply of avocados and their extract; avocado oil. 

• Shea Butter 

Shea butter is rich in fatty acids and vitamins. It provides the beard with various nutrients that promote the production of collagen. Shea butter also has anti-inflammatory properties; it softens facial hair and reduces rashes and itchiness.

• Apricot Oil

Apricot oil is highly endowed with omega-three fatty acids. It has a high concentration of Vitamin E, enhancing hair quality by decreasing inflammations that often appear as the beard grows. 

How to Make Beard Butter?

As mentioned above, there are different recipes that one can use to create distinct types of beard butter. It all depends on the availability of ingredients and the specific benefits that you seek to acquire from using beard butter. 

The principal ingredients of the beard butter recipe described in the process below include; rosemary beard oil (an infusion of rosemary herb and Jojoba seed oil), apricot oil, shea butter, coconut oil, vitamin E, and Rosemary leaf extract.  

Step One: Place a sanitized glass jar with jojoba oil and dry rosemary in a double boiler. Measure the level of heat to let the contents simmer. The purpose of using low heat in this step is to release the medicinal benefits of rosemary into the oil. To be precise, make sure that the heat temperature is at 50° C or 122° F and heat continuously for five hours. Remove the foil and let it cool down, then add apricot oil. 

Step 2: Melt Shea butter, cocoa butter, and coconut oil in a double boiler and stir the solution thoroughly. 

Step 3: Add vitamin E and rosemary beard oil and gently stir the solution.

Step 4: Add essential oils of your preference.

Step 5: Leave the mixture to solidify. Alternatively, you can freeze or refrigerate this mixture for approximately half an hour. 

Step 6: Use either a blender or hand mixer to whip the mixture until the butter becomes frothy and creamy.

Step 7: Remove the mixture present on the sides of the bowl using a spatula and whip the mixture again. 

Step Eight: Transfer and store the butter in a glass container.

Your may now apply beard butter!